"The sooner we get this done, the sooner Zarev and Per'dra could do whatever the hell they're trying to do.", he said aloud, shaking his head. "I just want to get out of here. I want to do something, not sit around all day."

Corsail almost decided to jab at Varik about how jedi were supposed to have patience, but insted, he just remained silent.

"Well, thats whats going to happen, if Zarev decides he wants to wait for Kif to heal."

As they drove on something occurred to him, "We should stop here, if there is an enemy ahead we don't want to alert him by driving up with this loud speeder, wouldn't you agree?"

Per'dra sighed. "I hate it when I have an idea that sounds sensible, but turns out terrible. Zarev? I'm sorry I wasted so much time, both yours and mine, but what else can I do? If it turns out that someone IS monitoring us, I want to get to the bottom of it fast so that we're not under surveillance anymore."

"I hate it when I have an idea that sounds sensible, but turns out terrible. Zarev? I'm sorry I wasted so much time, both yours and mine, but what else can I do? If it turns out that someone IS monitoring us, I want to get to the bottom of it fast so that we're not under surveillance anymore."

Zarev gently smiled. "You didn't waste anyone's time. It was a good thought and your not alone, I want whatever or whoever is monitoring us to be stopped at all costs."

"I wouldn't suggest going somewhere practically alone with Corsail. Unpredictable at the best of times, and he's made it clear he doesn't like you."

Avriela smiled. "Thank you for the advice, but in my time on the run I've run into many people who don't like me. I will take your advice to heart though and make sure I'm not alone with Corsail."

"Just wondering if you need any supplies, for the journey ahead."

The former sith caught onto what he was doing and nodded. "I could use a few ration bars and a spare power cell for my lightsaber. It looks like my current one is starting to fail.

Balmorra
Canyons

Among the canyons of Balmorra, a man wearing a dark cloak watched and waited as his targets got closer and closer to him. His face was blank, there was no expression, no typical sith sneer on his face. It was as if his mind had been wiped of everything except his current objective.

Kill the interlopers, make sure Voleran made it to the Master.

He looked down at the detonator in his hands and for a brief moment his old personality surfaced, his hands shook as he tried to reassurt his control over his body only for it too fade after only a moment.

Darth Sevairis, the newest member of the Dark Council pressed the switch and watched as a large explosion sent a large amount of rocks sliding down the rock face towards the two intruders.

Stop...Make it stop! His old personality screamed at him as he ignited his lightsaber and prepared to finish the two off if they survived. This is my body, not yours!

"That's pretty sensible of you."
Light smiled at his own words' double meaning.

"I'll make sure to get those for you."

Light felt a tingling sensation, but the disturbance in the Force could only be from Varik and Corsail's little journey. He hoped they were okay silently before flicking his wrist in a small wave to Avriela and turning to walk over to Zarev and Per'dra.

He tried to duck and move out of the way, but the rockslide was already there - crushing him and sending him down into the lower depths of the canyon. After a few minutes passed he tried moving the rocks with the Force, but he was too constricted and too weakened to do anything effective.

"Corsail, help. I'm being crushed down here.", he said through the comm.

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Corsail used Variks push as a force of momentum to thrust himself as far as he could. He escaped the main force of the rockslide, however a few rock slabs smashed against his shoulders. The impact from rocks sent him smashing into the dirt.

He let out a groan of pain and tried to stand up. "My bones feel liked there cracked. You alright?" Just then he realised that Varik wasn't with him.

He quickly turned around to look at the huge pile of rocks behind him.

Was he crushed? He wondered.

"Corsail, help. I'm being crushed down here."

Corsail was surprised by the sudden noise his comlink gave off. He quickly snatched it up and answered. "Varik? Hold on i'll dig you out." The thought crossed his mind that he could let Varik die, but he dismissed the thought and instead, started digging away at the huge rock pile.

He grabbed his fathers lightsaber from his pouch and activated unleashing its yellow blade. He used it to slash through the rocks, making them crumble away into little pieces.

"I can't believe i'm doing this." He mumbled to himself as he slashed away at the rock pile.

Darth Sevairis watched the rocks rolled down the hill. He felt nothing as one of the targets pushed the other out of the way, only to end up trapped beneath the rocks. He ignited his crinsom lightsaber as the other one ignited a yellow lightsaber and began slashing at the rocks.

He was about to force leap down when his legs suddenly buckled slightly as his former personality tried once again to assert itself. I AM SITH! YOU CANNOT CONTROL ME!!!

THIS BODY IS MINE!

A voice in the Dark Council members head whispered back at him. You were sith...now you are but a puppet. Perhaps if you finish your task you will finally know the freedom of death but not before.

Sevaris's body suddenly relaxed for a moment as the other personality took control back away from him.

Now...Kill them.

Sevairis launched himself into the air and landed on a small outcropping before jumping again and landing on the top of a boulder before finally landing a few feet away from the one wielding a yellow lightsaber. His rasied his lightsaber in a defensive stance and unleashed a stream of lightning at Corsail.

"This...must...not..." He whispered painfully as he tried once again to take control only to fail once again.

Balmorra
Republic HQ

Zarev looked up sharply as he suddenly felt a dark presence...and he could also feel the emotions of Corsail and Varik. They were clearly fighting with...something or someone.

He turned to look at Per'dra. "We have a problem. It feels as if Corsail and Varik ran into trouble. This darkness that I feel...something feels wrong. As if the darkness itself is being tainted by something else."

He looked at Avriela and Light. "I'm positive, they're going to need help."

Corsail felt him coming and spun around to face his enemy, however he wasn't expecting a blue arc of lightning heading towards him. Caught off guard, the force of the lightning sent him stumbling backwards, tripping over the rocks.

"Arghh!" he cried out in pain as the lightning burned through his skin. In pain, Corsail tried desperately to use his lightsaber stop the incoming waves of crackling death. Catching hold of the arc, he redirected it into the cayon walls.
With his free hand he snapped one of his blasters from out of its holster and fired three rapid shots towards the deadly sith lord.

He knew his blasters probably wouldn't do any damage, but he had to do something to interrupt the siths endless assault.

Light felt the sensation shift to more of a dark presence in the Force.
"Are all of us going? Someone should stay with Kif, right? And we still need to pick up the supplies that everyone needs, though that may wait until we take care of the disturbance."

Sevairis's lightsaber dropped down and easily deflected the blaster bolts being fired at him but was forced to stop hitting Corsail with force lightning. He quickly force jumped backward and grabbed Corsail through the force and slamming him repeatedly into one of the canyon walls.

"Make...Make it stop!" He whispered painfully as he felt the other presence within his mind suddenly lose most of it's hold only to return a moment later at full strength.

No. You will serve for the rest of your life. the voice whispered back.

Balmorra
Outside Republic HQ

"Are all of us going? Someone should stay with Kif, right? And we still need to pick up the supplies that everyone needs, though that may wait until we take care of the disturbance."

Zarev looked over at Kif and nodded. "I'll stay with Kif but I don't think that only one of us should stay here. I've been feeling something...odd from some of the troops stationed here. Almost like...you may find this odd but It feels almost as if there's someone else with them in their heads."

He shrugged his shoulders. "I could be wrong though."

The sound of a speeder starting up and quickly taking off made Zarev look up in surprise. Also, Avriela was nowhere to be seen.

"I think one of us just took matters into her own hands. Avriela is gone, and one of the speeders just took off."

Balmorra
En route to Canyons

Avriela was planning on what she was going to do even as she rode towards where she could sense Corsail, Varik and the dark presence was. The dark presence she was feeling was strong...very strong. She could sense both Corsail and Varik were still alive but if they were fighting something this strong than it was a good bet that they wouldn't be alive for long.

Hold on Vaik...I'm on my way. And Corsail, if we survive this you better be grateful that I saved your paranoid backside.

She could tell that she was getting closer, the canyons were just ahead. She could also see strange flashes of blue and red light ahead.

"If you wish, Zarev," Per'dra said stalwartly, "I'll stay with you, or go after Avriela. If something is going on with the Republic troops, and there is an odd presence trying to speak to their minds, I'll try and see if I can sense it again."

Corsail had one moment of relief from the barrage of lightning, but before he could make a move he was picked up through the force and thrusted into the canyon wall. He flew through the air and smashed into the rocks, and before he even hit the ground he was thrown at another wall, and another, and another.

Corsail smashed into the ground, still clinging to his fathers lightsaber. In pain, Corsail stood up on one knee. His chest felt like it was caved in, and he could barely breathe. The sith looked half distracted with himself, but he knew that he didn't stand a chance alone.

Focusing on the rocks that were trapping Varik, Corsail summoning all his strength projected a rippling force wave that smashed into the rock pile.
Completely drained, Corsail collapsed to the ground unconscious.

Corsail's force wave cut through the rocks, making an opening large enough for Varik to focus his energy on. He amplified the Force through his leg, and repeatedly Force kicked the rocks until they flew in a massive arc a couple dozen meters away. Getting up, he held his head as he felt lightheaded, and stumbled onto the ground - using his hand to keep him from falling onto the ground. Shaking his head, he pushed his hand until he stood upright, and then grabbed his lightsabers from his belt - igniting them and holding them in the traditional Jar'Kai stance.

"You must face judgement for all of the blood you have spilled. Surrender, and I will consider letting you live.", Varik said.

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"I'll stay with you, or go after Avriela. If something is going on with the Republic troops, and there is an odd presence trying to speak to their minds, I'll try and see if I can sense it again."

Zarev was about to respond when suddenly a red light began to blink and his jedi senses began to scream danger! at him. He ignited his lightsaber just as the door opened and a small squadron of republic troops staggered in. One of them in the back was holding his head and was trying to speak.

Kill them my puppets...Make it so they never interfere with my plans again.
The majority of the troopers pulled their rifles off their back and aimed them at the group, but two of them in the back including the one that was holding his head hit the ground with a thud.

The lead trooper's hand was shaking violently. "N-No...Don't....Don't make us..." He whispered painfully as his finger hovered above the trigger for just a moment before it hit it and blaster bolts began to cut through the air.

Zarev's lightsaber instantly moved in front of Per'dra to block the first of the shots even as he twisted his body to the right to avoid the shots being fired at him.

"You must face judgement for all of the blood you have spilled. Surrender, and I will consider letting you live.",

Sevairis raised his lightsaber and brought it down in a defensive stance even as he tried to speak without the voice in his head taking control again. "Please...Kill me...he gasped as his body fought the intruder for control only to lose once again. "Has...me." he whispered as his body relaxed once again as he lost total control.

Bad idea. The voice whispered to him as Sevairis's body stretched out his hand and a massive amount of lightning began to form in it.

The sound of a speeder quickly approaching didn't register on Sevairis's mind until it was nearly right on top of him. The dark cloaked figure who was driving the speeder force lept into the air and unleashed a narrow stream of lightning that shocked Sevairis for a moment as the back end of the still active speeder came close to taking off his head but he managed to barely move out of the way.

Avriela pulled her hood off and ignited her double bladed lightsaber as she landed next to Varik and looked down at Corsail then at Varik.

"I'm here to help." She said as she gathered the force around her and dropped into an offensive stance next to Varik.

Per'dra raised both of her hands and then lowered them slowly, projecting a stasis field around the hostile Republic troops with the Force. All of them froze, moving not a single muscle, as its currents held them bound. "Now, then," the Jedi said firmly but kindly. "None of you can speak, being in stasis, but I know that all of you can hear me. It seems as if someone is trying to control you through the Force, manipulating your minds. Who is it? Think the answer if you can, because I'll be able to sense it. I am a Jedi, here to serve."

"None of you can speak, being in stasis, but I know that all of you can hear me. It seems as if someone is trying to control you through the Force, manipulating your minds. Who is it? Think the answer if you can, because I'll be able to sense it. I am a Jedi, here to serve."

No...I must not be revealed! Not yet. I have hoped to use you and your men to spread my influence to the rest of Balmorra, but it appears I won't be able to. Die my puppets, die.

The group of republic troops behind the lead trooper suddenly began to blink rapidly. The eyes of all of them began to turn red as blood vessels began to rupture.

No... The lead trooper thought to himself. The jedi...needs to know whats...happening! He thought urgently.

No. You will not reveal me!

This...This is my mind! The trooper thought back as he briefly took back control of his mind even as his blood vessels began to rupture.

A man! he thought rapidly. A dark cloaked man! He came to Balmorra weeks ago...did something to my squad! Infected us with some sort of force affliction! Took over our minds and forced us to spread whatever it was to the others!

His vision was quickly turning red and he knew that he was going to die any moment. He brought up the mental image of the man that he and his squad had seen that night. A tall man...wearing a black cloaked robe. A man with force powers that he had never before seen. A man with a silver lightsaber hilt.

You fool! Do you realize what you have done?!

Y-Yes...I've given them a fighting chance. the trooper thought as his eyes closed for the last time.

Balmorra
Canyons

Sevairis looked at the new combatant and shook his head rapidly as his gathered a massive amount of force lightninig in his hand and launched it at Varik and Avriela even as he reignited his lightsaber and threw it in a spinning arc at the two of them.

Varik barely had time to block the lightning with his lightsabers, when he saw Sevaris throw his saber in an arc - heading toward Avirela. Noticing his distraction and his focus in the lightsaber in the air - Varik put his lightsabers on his belt, and ran in a massive sprint towards Sevaris - leaping and tackling him. Although he didn't knock him to the ground, he used his momentum to swing behind him and put his arm around his neck. He dug his knee into the back of his leg and got him in a chokehold.

"Now, I shall ask you again, surrender, or you will die.", Varik said, temporarily putting a hold on the fight.

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Avriela saw the lightsaber coming at her and quickly ducked out of the way as Varik tackled Sevairis, the tackle disrupted Sevairis's concentration and the lightsaber hit the ground.

Sevairis couldn't move for a moment as Varik managed to get him into a chokehold. But that didn't last for more then a minute as he managed to get one of his hand's free and grabbed Varik's arm around his neck and in short order began to crush the bones in his arm.

"Stop...Stop me..." He whispered. "C-Can't control...He has...everything." he gasped as his mind fought the other presence wthin his mind for control again.

Light stood in front of Kif, deflecting blaster bolts until Per'dra put the soldiers into stasis. When their blood vessels began to burst, Light moved over to Zarev and spoke quietly so as to avoid disturbing Per'dra.

"I'm going to help the others, be careful here. Try to save those soldiers if you can."

Light burst into a sprint, using the Force to muffle his footsteps, all the way outside, hopping onto a speeder and starting it up.

Should've muffled that too... Sorry

He kicked it into gear and took off where the dirt was still swirling from Avriela's flight to join the others, following the disturbance in the Force as a compass. Light arrived in time to see Varik on the stranger. Adrenaline heightening his senses, he could hear a crunching sound coming from there, and began to attempt to ram them with the speeder, hoping Varik would get out of the way in time.

Per'dra gasped, horrified, as the soldiers seemed to be crushed to death from the inside out by their nameless foe. "Zarev! I don't think there's anything we can do, but let's try anyway!" One by one, the Jedi Knight checked each body, streaming with blood and filth. These soldiers' demises had been not only quick, but excruciatingly painful beforehand. Once she discerned that every one of them was now united with the Force, she gazed at Zarev and shook her head.

"It's too late. The only thing either of us can do now is try to find this 'black-cloaked man' of whom one soldier spoke. The thing is, that describes every single Sith I've ever encountered, except for Master Karos, who was a traitor. She was a Jedi in name, but a Sith at heart, all in white..." Clearing her throat, she stood up from her squatting position. "Enough of old memories. Let's go!"

Sevairis's body suddenly tensed up as he sensed the incoming speeder. The Dark Council member used his one remaining hand to send a blast of force energy into the ground, both he and Varik went flying into the air as the speeder passed harmlessly past them.

Sevairis landed on his side with Varik still hanging off him. He grunted in pain, the odd landing angle had hurt his leg but the voice inside his head was still forcing him to fight.

Enough of this. Kill them all.

Sevairis gathered the force around him and unleashed a massive burst of energy that sent Varik flying off him and pulverized a good portion of the ground around him. He reached for his lightsaber only to notice that it was gone.

Sevairis unleashed a powerful surge of lightning from his hands even as his eyes searched for his missing lightsaber.

Republic HQ

"It's too late. The only thing either of us can do now is try to find this 'black-cloaked man' of whom one soldier spoke. The thing is, that describes every single Sith I've ever encountered, except for Master Karos, who was a traitor. She was a Jedi in name, but a Sith at heart, all in white...Enough of old memories. Let's go!"

"I can't help but think that somehow Voleran is involved in this somehow." Zarev said quietly as he took a look at Kif. "Is it possible that he was the one who corrupted the men?"

Light sailed past his intended target, pulled the e-brake, drifted, and killed the engine once the speeder came to a stop. He hopped off and turned in time to see Varik go flying again, noticing Avriela standing near the crumpled form of someone else...Corsail? Must be...

Light wasn't impressed by the flashy Force moves the Sith was putting on. They seemed very wasteful. He noticed the scanning motions of his head and determined that he was looking for something.

We need to get Corsail out of here, or at least safe...
Light tried to send Avriela the thought through the force, but both had their minds on battle, causing this to be a difficult task.

Almost a minute later, all things went to hell. Varik smashed into the ground, still grappled to Sevairis. A massive force wave pulverized Varik into an opposing rock face. He pulled himself out of it - and slumped to the ground, almost limp. He attempted to pull himself up, but he began to stumble and almost fell again. Ligaments felt torn, and some bones felt broken. He tried using the Force to heighten his adrenaline levels and block out the pain, but it wouldn't matter if his ligaments and bones were broken.

Still he tried, and he managed to walk a couple steps before falling again. Losing his focus, he felt massive pain shoot all around his body. He bit his tongue with all his might, to prevent him from screaming in pure agony. His tongue began to bleed as he held it in, and attempted to crawl by just using his arms to pull him forward. He pulled out a vibroknife from somewhere inside the folds of his robes to give him a stronger hold. Eventually, he started getting closer, only a few dozen feet away from where Corsail was.

He grabbed ones of his lightsabers and ignited it. He then threw it at Sevairis's leg, using the Force to guide it and hoping that it would strike.

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Avriela could tell that they were quickly losing this battle. Corsail was out of action and and Varik wasn't looking much better. Light was trying to contact her but she was having trouble, the sith was somehow jamming the message partly. Although she had fought many sith during her time she had never seen one this skilled in combat in her life.

She quickly looked at Varik who had just thrown his lightsaber at the mysterious sith when she realized what she had to do. It was going to be very painful but it was the only way to make sure that they survived this fight.

She sent a burst of energy through the force and was momentarily able to get a message through to light although she could tell it was going to be scrambled.

Get Varik and Corsail to safety. I'll handle the sith.

Avriela took a running leap and brought her ignited double bladed lighsaber down on the sith who had just found his lightsaber and summoned it to his hand just as the lightsaber that Varik had thrown hit the sith hilt first before making a cut in his leg as the blade part of it caught a bit of his leg. She closed her eyes in anticipation of the pain that was to come.

She wasn't disappointed.

Her arm burned with an intense pain as the Sith's lightsaber cut up across her arm. Not deep enough to cut all the way through but enough to cause her severe pain and badly injure her arm.

But it allowed her to get close enough with her other, undamaged arm and slam the lightsaber blade through the sith's shoulder. The sith let out a loud roar of pain as the hilt slammed into his body, knocking him to the ground. The blade of the lightsaber cut through the rock and ground, pinning him to the ground.

Avriela rolled off the sith who was still trying to remove the lightsaber without much luck and smiled as she found herself face to face with the injured Varik.

"We got him." she whispered in agony as she staggered to her feet and leaned against a boulder and offered her hand to Varik. "I personally think that we should kill him but we could question him."

Light received most of the message, assuming that she said for him to get Corsail and Varik to something, figuring she meant safety, and then we should fight the Sith. He quickly moved to Corsail, checked for injuries that would make it a bad idea to move him.

Finding none, Light picked Corsail's limp body off the ground and onto his shoulder in a fireman's carry. He used the force to move quickly to the speeder he had driven and laid him down behind it.

Light returned to the site of battle to find the Sith pinned to the ground. One way of doing things..

He walked over slowly to where the Sith was, and the other--former Sith Avriela was nearby, apparently attempting to help Varik up. Light took the lightsaber from the Sith's hand, igniting it and one of his own, crossing them at his neck.

"Were you the one who killed those troops at the HQ? What do you know about Voleran?" Light spoke the two questions he had for the Sith with ease despite the damage he had done to two members of the group.

"Thank you.", Varik said, before using the Force to reclaim his lightsabers and put them back on his belt.

He found himself having to lean on her shoulder in order to stand upright.

"Were you the one who killed those troops at the HQ? What do you know about Voleran?"

"Before we fought, he asked for me to kill him. And during the fight, I've seen him hesitate numerous times. I think he could be controlled by Voleran. And you said soldiers at the HQ? Maybe he controlled them too?"", Varik added, shifting his weight to alleviate some of the pressure off of Avirela's arm.

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"Before we fought, he asked for me to kill him. And during the fight, I've seen him hesitate numerous times. I think he could be controlled by Voleran. And you said soldiers at the HQ? Maybe he controlled them too?"

You have failed me Sevairis. For that, you will die a very painful death. You were a fool to try and challenge me, to try to drive me from your mind. I expected much more effort from a member of the Dark Council.

No...This body is mine...THIS BODY IS MINE!

What is this?!

The dark council member was able to momentarily drive the presence away before focusing on the severe pain he was feeling from the lightsaber that was pinning him to the ground. Instead of driving it away, he embraced it, forged it into a shield to protect himself from the bizzare presence that had taken control of him.

Your shield will not last long fool. You won't be able to resist me for long. The moment it falters I will return.

Not this time...There is always a way out.

Sevairis couldn't move but he could speak. He knew he would have to speak quickly if he wanted to inform the group of what needed to be said.

"Voleran...is not the controller." he whispered painfully. "The dark figure is a threat to all...controls everyone he comes in contact with. The dark council...sensed his power, sent me to fight him. But he was far too powerful. Voleran is essental to his plans, corrupted the solders at the republic base."

Sevairis could feel the shield around his mind begining to weaken as the other presence tried to force its way past the mental shield. "I...was forced to come to Balmorra to kill you. To stop you from interfering in his plans. He considers you a threat to his plans."

He looked down at the lightsabers that were at his throat and he knew that either they would kill him or the dark presence fighting to get inside his mind would.

He reached out with his free hand and grabbed Varik's hand and concentrated for just a moment and he sent him a mental image of the system that he had traveled to so he could confront the mysterious force user. He hoped that the jedi would recieve his message and understand the coordinates that he had sent.

He looked over at his lightsaber which was laying on the ground a few feet away from him and tried to summon it to his hand but found that trying to keep the other presence away was taking all of his concentration.

"Please...if left unchecked he will take control of everything. Find Voleran...and stop him. He is the key to stopping the dark figure."

He laid his head back against the ground and sighed painfully as the other presence continued to hammer at his mental shield which was very close to shattering.

"He very well might be, because I have the feeling this Force presence is familiar. Regardless, we need to bolt!" She glanced uneasily around at the Republic troopers who were not being controlled by the mysterious presence, and they were seething with rage. "Come on!" She grasped Zarev's hand and began to dash down the base corridors.

Avriela looked at the group and then looked towards the direction of the republic base. "I think we should head back to the ship. If what the sith said was true we may be walking into a trap if we head back to the base. I think the best thing we can do is get Zarev and Per'dra out of there and then decide our next move."

She looked over at Varik. "When he grabbed your arm...I felt something in the force. I'm not exactly sure what it was though. Did you feel anything or sense anything when he grabbed your arm? Anything at all?

Republic Base

"He very well might be, because I have the feeling this Force presence is familiar. Regardless, we need to bolt! Come on!"

"Agreed." Zarev said as he continued running with Per'dra. As they ran through the corridors Zarev could hear shouts of anger. An alarm began to sound through the corridors.

"Attention! Base is now on lockdown! We have intruders in the base!" Zarev shook his head as he saw the doors begining to close behind them.

"This whole planet isn't safe! We need to contact Vlalkor and get aboard the Shan!"

Zarev's comnlink shook once and Vlalkor's voice echoed through the corridor. "I was able to hack into the base's comnlinks. Already on my way. I'm prepared to blast my way through the front doors if you can't reach the entrance. After we grab you we need to pick up the others, I'm picking up a large group of imperials heading towards them."

"When did you two decide to join the party?"
"When he grabbed your arm...I felt something in the force. I'm not exactly sure what it was though. Did you feel anything or sense anything when he grabbed your arm? Anything at all?"

Light had noticed a bit more, but not enough to glean usable information from. Noticing the question wasn't directed towards him, and that another was, he walked towards Corsail. Once he was at his side, he kneeled down. "You all right? You don't look so good."

Corsail raised an eyebrow at this question. Very few people had ever asked him that, and even fewer actually ment it.

"No, not really. The wounds will heal if thats what you're asking. The wounds always heal eventually, but i'm the kind of guy who will never be alright."

He closed his eyes and let out a sigh, "You the one who killed the sith? I mean like, actually killed him? I was half expecting him to be invited to our ship to join our mission." He grinned, "Heh, like we would ever actually let a sith join us...."

Avriela smiled. "Hopefully we can finally catch up with our elusive jedi friend on Taris. Before I went on the run, I heard that the Sith currently have some sort of orbital defense around the planet so no one can leave without their authorization. Things could have changed so don't quote me on that."

She looked down at the dead sith and shook her head. "Something's wrong here. Our attacker is dead but I can still sense...something."

She suddenly whirled around as a flurry of blaster bolts came from above. Her double bladed lightsaber ignited and deflected the majority of the bolts away. She looked up and sent a blast of force lightning in the direction the bolts had come from.

"We've got company! Imperial troopers!" She shouted urgently.

Republic Base

As Zarev and Per'dra continued running the comnlink suddenly activated again. "I'm less then a minute from the base but I don't see you outside! Where are you two? I'm picking up comn chatter from some of the troops and they're gathering outside the doors. They have some seriously heavy firepower with them. Hurry it up!"

"Yeah, right? Only former Sith, huh?" Light smiled at Corsail. He looked back at the corpse of the Sith with the hole in his head. "You never know, maybe we could've used his force lightning for something, haha.." Light's face returned to a stoic expression.

Suddenly he heard something. Heavy crunches... and swooshing sounds. "You hear that? It's almost like--" He was cut off as several Imperial troops came in. Some on speeders, some on foot.

"Shi+!"

Light stood in a defensive posture in front of the injured Corsail, deflecting blaster bolts as best he could. "You think you could start the speeder?"

One of the bolts Light deflected hit one of the speeder drivers in the head. The bike slid across the ground towards the other two members of the group. "We need to get out of here! Try that bike!" He yelled towards Avriela and Varik. The closest ground troops were beginning to come within the range of their blaster rifles, opening fire as they did.

Corsail flinched as if the task sounded impossible, "I'll try." he said as he desperately struggled to stand up. Every bone in his body screamed at him, making him collaspse back down to the side of the speeder.

"Aghh!" He squinted his eyes shut, trying to block out the pain. He placed his hands on the rails of the speeder and tried to pull himself up. "Here comes more pain." he mumbled under his breath.

He threw himself over the rail and landed in the speeder with a thud. Before he had time to feel the pain he quickly reached the activation switch and turned it on.

"Did we take a wrong turn or something? Why in the Force is it taking us so long to get out of here?" Per'dra Yllari gasped for breath as she continued to run beside Zarev. She exerted a bit of energy through her fingertips and pointed them at the nearest alarm console, making it explode in a hail of non-lethal shrapnel that distracted their Republic pursuers. "I hate to have to destroy Republic property, since they're on our side, but this is an emergency!"